{"id":8420,"date":"2017-01-19T14:42:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T13:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=8420"},"modified":"2017-11-08T15:53:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T14:53:00","slug":"offoboche-dr-matthias-oko","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/offoboche-dr-matthias-oko\/","title":{"rendered":"OFFOBOCHE, Dr. Matthias Oko"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MB, Ch.B, FRCOG obstetrician and gynaecologist, administrator, politician, born December 30,1936, Ugaga, Ogoja, Cross River State; married Juliana Akpowu Odo, 1969, three sons, three daughters;
\nEducation: St Benedict’s School, Ogoja, 1944-51, Teacher Training College, Obuda, 1952, Mary Knoll Secondary School, Okuku, Ogoja, 1953-57,St Patrick’s College, Calabar, 1958-59, University College, Dublin, Ireland, 1960-66, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, 1971-73; Career: served in various Hospitals in England and Ireland, including; Essex County Hospital, 1966, St Mary’s Hospital I.O.W, 1967, Greenhank Hospital, Darlington, 1968, General Hospital, New Castle-Upon-Tyne, England, 1968, Scarsdale Hospital, Chester- field, 1969, Maternity Hospital, Waterford, Ireland, 1971, Women’s Hospital, Leeds, 1972 and Bradford Royal Hospital, 1973; Medical Suprintendent, Joint Hospital, Ikom, 1969-71; Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Maternity Hospital, Ogoja, 1973-78; Proprietor\/Medical Director, Offoboche Specialist Hospital and Maternity Hospital, Okuku, Ogoja, since 1978; Director, Federal Housing Authority, 1976-79; Deputy Governor, Cross River State, 1979- 83; member, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1973,’ fellow, Nigerian Medical College in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1981; fellow, West African College of Surgeons, 1982; fellow, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1987; fellow, International Federation of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians; member, British Medical Association; member, Irish Medical Association; Political Party: State and National Executive member, defunct National Party of Nigeria (NPN), 1978-83;
\nTraditional Titles: Ntui Ochima Biji of Ikom, Cross River State; Obong Uforo of Ikono, Akwa Ibom State; Decoration: awarded Knight of the Order of St Mulumba of the Roman Catholic Church; Hobbies: table tennis, reading; Official Address: Offoboche Specialist Hospital and Maternity Home, Okuku, Ogoja, Cross River State; Telephone: Ogoja 148; Home: Offoboche Estate, Ogoja, Cross River State; Telephone: Ogoja 159.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,174,166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8420","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-medicine","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8420"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}